Church of England

==Membership==
{{As of|2009}}, the Church of England estimated that it had approximately 26&nbsp;million [[baptised]] members – about 47% of the English population.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gledhill |first1=Ruth |title=Christian asks to be 'de baptised' |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/christian-asks-to-be-de-baptised-9bzq7mtzs2q |access-date=16 February 2021 |work=[[The Times]] |date=18 March 2009 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|chapter=The representation of religious faiths |title=A House for the Future |publisher=UK Parliament |date=2010 |page=155 |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/266078/chap15.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190725104756/https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/266078/chap15.pdf |archive-date=25 July 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> This number has remained consistent since 2001 and was cited again in 2013 and 2014.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Coombe |first1=Victoria |title=Baptised Anglicans are now a minority |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1357547/Baptised-Anglicans-are-now-a-minority.html#:~:text=Babies%20born%20to%20two%20Anglican,per%20cent%20of%20the%20population. |access-date=16 February 2021 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=26 September 2001}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Nasralla|first=Shadia|date=21 March 2013|title=Update 1-Former oil executive becomes new head of Anglicans|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/religion-anglicans-idUSL6N0CDEGS20130321|access-date=25 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Cullinane |first=Susannah |date=2014-07-14 |title=Church of England to allow female bishops |url=https://www.cnn.com/2014/07/14/world/europe/uk-church-women-bishops/index.html |access-date=2023-03-01 |website=CNN }}</ref> According to a 2016 study published by the ''[[Journal of Anglican Studies]]'', the Church of England continued to claim 26 million baptised members, while it also had approximately 1.7 million active baptised members.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Muñoz|first=Daniel|date=May 2016|title=North to South: A Reappraisal of Anglican Communion Membership Figures|journal=[[Journal of Anglican Studies]]|volume=14|issue=1|pages=71–95|doi=10.1017/S1740355315000212|issn=1740-3553|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|first=Ruth |last=Gledhill |date=12 November 2015|title=Anglican membership figures could be out by millions|url=https://www.christiantoday.com/article/anglican-membership-figures-could-be-out-by-millions/70392.htm|access-date=25 July 2021|website=Christian Today}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Gerns |first=Andrew |date=13 November 2015 |title=Exactly how big is the Anglican Communion? |url=https://www.episcopalcafe.com/exactly-how-big-is-the-anglican-communion/ |website=Episcopal Cafe |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415072712/https://www.episcopalcafe.com/exactly-how-big-is-the-anglican-communion/ |archive-date=15 April 2021 |via=Internet Archive}}</ref> Due to its status as the [[state religion|established]] church, in general, anyone may be married, have their children baptised or their funeral in their local [[Church of England parish church|parish church]], regardless of whether they are baptised or regular churchgoers.<ref>See the pages linked from the [http://www.cofe.anglican.org/lifeevents/ Life Events page on the Church of England website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101122050046/http://www.cofe.anglican.org/lifeevents/ |date=22 November 2010}}</ref>

Between 1890 and 2001, [[church attendance|churchgoing]] in the United Kingdom declined steadily.<ref>{{cite book |first=Peter J. |last=Bowler |title=Reconciling science and religion: the debate in early-twentieth-century Britain |publisher=University of Chicago Press |date=2001 |page=194}}</ref> In the years 1968 to 1999, Anglican Sunday church attendances almost halved, from 3.5 percent of the population to 1.9 per cent.<ref>{{cite book |first=Robin |last=Gill |title=The Empty Church Revisited |publisher=Ashgate Publishing |date=2003 |page=161}}</ref> By 2014, Sunday church attendances had declined further to 1.4 per cent of the population.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/12095251/Church-of-England-attendance-plunges-to-record-low.html |title=Church of England attendance plunges to record low |date=12 January 2016 |work=The Telegraph}}</ref> One study published in 2008 suggested that if current trends continued, Sunday attendances could fall to 350,000 in 2030 and 87,800 in 2050.<ref>Christian Research, ''Religious Trends'' (2008), cited in [[Ruth Gledhill]], "Churchgoing on its knees as Christianity falls out of favour", ''The Times'', 8 May 2008.</ref> The Church of England releases an annual publication, Statistics for Mission, detailing numerous criteria relating to participation with the church. Below is a snapshot of several key metrics from every five years since 2001 (2022 has been used in place of 2021 to avoid the impact of Covid restrictions).
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|+
!Category
!2001<ref name="mission-2011">{{Cite web |title=Statistics for Mission 2011 |date=2013 |url=https://www.churchofengland.org/sites/default/files/2017-11/statistics-for-mission-2011.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204104722/https://www.churchofengland.org/sites/default/files/2017-11/statistics-for-mission-2011.pdf |archive-date=4 December 2023 |publisher=The Church of England Research & Statistics |access-date=29 December 2023}}</ref>
!2006<ref name="mission-2011"/>
!2011<ref name="mission-2016">{{cite web |url=https://www.churchofengland.org/sites/default/files/2019-11/2016StatisticsForMission.pdf |title=Statistics for Mission 2016 |publisher=The Church of England Research & Statistics |date=2017 |access-date=29 December 2023}}</ref>
!2016<ref name="mission-2016"/>
!2022<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.churchofengland.org/sites/default/files/2023-11/statisticsformission2022.pdf |title=Statistics for Mission 2022 |publisher=The Church of England Research & Statistics |date=2023 |last=Eames |first=Ken |access-date=29 December 2023}}</ref>{{Efn|Using 2022 due to [[COVID-19 pandemic|Covid]] restrictions in 2021}}
|-
|Worshipping Community{{Efn|Attendance of at least once per month, first used after 2012}}
|N/A
|N/A
|N/A
|1,138,800
|984,000
|-
|All Age Weekly Attendance 
|1,205,000
|1,163,000
|1,050,300
|927,300
|654,000
|-
|All Age Sunday Attendance
|1,041,000
|983,000
|858,400
|779,800
|547,000
|-
|Easter Attendance
|1,593,000
|1,485,000
|1,378,200
|1,222,700
|861,000
|-
|Christmas Attendance
|2,608,000
|2,994,000
|2,641,500
|2,580,000
|1,622,000
|}